Supreme Court case raises important "diversity" and equal protection issues

The Supreme Court will hear Fisher v. Univ. of Texas. According to the NYT:
" With the constitutionality of race-based affirmative action hanging by a thread at the Supreme Court, University of Texas officials are struggling to explain a policy that gives an extra edge to Latino and African American students from middle-class households and top-performing high schools."  The preferences are also give to many minority students from affluent families.  One opponent of the University stated, ""If one is looking for a lively discussion from students with the greatest possible variety of backgrounds, then including a poor white student from a trailer park might add more diversity than a wealthy African American graduate of a prep school, . . ."

In too many states, universities are poorly monitored and audited.  The ethically challenged flourish. Legal and ethical lapses are commonplace, but often covered up.  It reminds me of some police departments.